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As Mortgage Rates Dip, Buyers May See a Rosier 2019 Market
We may only be six weeks in, but 2019 appears to be shaping up as a better year for buyers than in 2018. Setting the stage for a solid springtime sales, 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates recently hit a...
View ArticleReport: Foreclosures and Delinquencies at Lowest levels in 10 years, expected...
Mortgage delinquency rates and foreclosures have dropped to their lowest rates in 10 years, according to a recent CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report. The report found that 4.1 percent of U.S....
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Report: Freddie Mac Reports Fixed-Rate Mortgages Hit 12-month low
Fixed mortgage rates have reached a 12-month low, according to a report from Freddie Mac. Freddie on Thursday released results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which found that 30-year fixed-rate...
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Zillow: After 44-Month Drop, Home Inventories are Starting to Grow
To the joy of prospective buyers, home inventories are finally starting to grow around the country. U.S. home inventories increased 1.2 percent from a year ago, according to a recent report from...
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Study Reveals Renting is Cheaper than Owning in Every State
Homeowners are spending more money per month than renters in every U.S. state, according to a recent CNBC report. While price differences vary from state-to-state, homeowners with a mortgage are...
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Google Plans Enormous Real Estate Spending in 14 States
Google is planning to shell out serious cash toward real estate in 2019. The tech titan recently announced that it plans to spend about $13 billion to expand its already massive footprint throughout...
View ArticleHow Will the New Tax Law Affect Real Estate Investors?
While it may not be the most exciting topic, understanding the new tax law could save you significant time and money. Taking effect in 2018, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the most significant change to...
View Article10 Years Later: How the 50 Biggest Metros have Recovered Since the Great...
In 2008, many homeowners were devastated by a financial crisis spurred on by the collapse of the U.S. real estate market, otherwise known as the Great Recession. Of course, much has changed in the...
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Zillow Report Details the Best Big Cities for Buying, Selling
As the Spring selling season looms, investors will have to look at opposite coasts for the best locales in which to buy and sell homes, according to a recent Zillow report. The East Coast hosts seven...
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Despite Historically-Low Rates, Foreclosures Increasing in Areas
While mortgage delinquency has dropped to historic lows, there are pockets of the U.S. seeing an uptick in foreclosure starts, according to a report from ATTOM Data Solutions. A handful of states are...
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Study Reveals the Best Month for Sellers to List their Home
As the realtors prepare for what’s anticipated to be a booming Spring season, sellers are eyeing when exactly to list their homes. And thanks to a recent study from Zillow, sellers have more insight on...
View ArticleLowering Barriers, Startup Roofstock Offers Investors Shares of Homes
Proptech startup Roofstock is aiming to create more real estate investors with their platform that allows people to buy shares of homes for as low as $5,000. The Oakland-based tech firm created a...
View ArticleMillennials Flexing Buying Power, Boosting Homeownership Rates for Two Years
In spite of bleak headlines saying homeownership evades their grasp, Millennials for the last two years have helped drive growing homeownership rates, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. Thanks...
View ArticleFlipping Flop? Fix-and-Flip Deals Decline in Rates, Returns
Returns and sales for single-family and condo flipping are struggling, according to a new report from ATTOM Data Solutions. 207,957 single-family homes and condos were flipped in 2018, down about 4...
View Article3 Lead Generation Pitfalls that Will Cost you Time and Money
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Report: Fifth of Home Sellers Dropped Prices in February
Continuing a recent overture of good news for prospective buyers and investors, about one in five homes for sale dropped in prices last month. February saw 21.1 percent of homes for sale nationwide...
View ArticleSurvey: Home Sellers Question Value of Realtors, but Still Use Them
As new technology disrupts the world of real estate, home sellers are growing increasingly skeptical of the value realtors bring to the dealmaking table. But while that skepticism seems rich among...
View ArticleTop 10 U.S. Metros for the Highest Vacancy Rates
For investors, understanding the overall health of a market is imperative to success. One metric — an area’s vacancy rates — can help not only in determining financing needs but also how much you can...
View ArticleHuge Influx of Millionaires will have ‘Significant Impact’ on Silicon Valley...
Thanks to the prospective public offerings of several large tech firms, Silicon Valley will likely see thousands of new millionaires vying for real estate in the next two years. Already boasting some...
View ArticlePro Real Estate Photography Can Make a Big Difference in Selling
We’ve all seen the listings where a home looks great on paper but in photos, it’s a dark, dreary scene. From blurry images to gloomy lighting to messy kitchens, poor presentations of a home not only...
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